Jim Ronayne (footballer)

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Jim Ronayne
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born Clontarf, Dublin
Club(s)
YearsClub
20
Clontarf
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1979-1989
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 4
All-Irelands 1

Jim Ronayne (born 28 February 1959) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team. [1]

Ronayne made his debut for the Dublin senior football team in the 1979 Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Offaly. [2] He won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal in 1983 when a twelve-man Dublin team, dubbed the ‘Twelve Apostles’, defeated Galway in the final. [3] [4] In total he won four Leinster Senior Football Championship medals in 1979, 1983, 1984, and 1985, [5] and an under 21 Leinster Football Championship medal in 1980. [4] He won a National Football League medal with Dublin in 1987 beating Kerry 1-11 to 0-11 in the final. [4]

During his career, Ronayne played for Dublin in four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, [6] eight Leinster Senior Football Championship Finals, two National Football League Finals, one Under-21 All-Ireland Football Championship Final, one Leinster Minor Football Championship Final and one Dublin Senior Football Championship Final with Clontarf. [7]

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